Because of the length of the 1978 page, this sub-page contains details of
all the stereo vinyl releases and CD releases of this 1978 album in its original
form, which is now unavailable. Information here is confined to listing all the
releases only. Full details of each release are to be found on the
"Street-Legal" page of International
Album Releases (Regular Albums).

If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!

Revised:
01 January, 2018

Original US stereo LP, Columbia JC 35453 (USA),
15 Jun 1978

The front photograph by Howard Alk shows Bob outside the entrance to
Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA. "Street-legal" is an American term for a
hot rod car that has been modified to allow it to be driven on public roads. It
has been suggested that the term refers to Bob's newly-divorced single status, but he's
clearly wearing a wedding ring in the picture! The rear photo is also by Howard
Alk, taken live on stage during the Far East tour in early 1978. The two
photographs on the inner sleeve were taken by Joel Bernstein in a night club in
Melbourne, Australia, on the same tour - the man with Bob on the inner sleeve
back is singer and guitarist George Benson.

Vinyl and Tape Releases

"Street-Legal" - original vinyl album releases, Columbia/CBS
(various catalogue numbers) (Worldwide), 1978:Since this album was re-released on CD in 1999 in a remastered and remixed
form, the differences on the original album from the 1999 release have become
rarities! For more vinyl and tape releases of the original album, see the
Street-Legal page of
International Album Releases (Regular). For the remastered CD also see
International Album Releases (Regular).

R-0284 Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - this track fades into
True Love Tends To Forget, on the 1999 version they're separated. Also, Keith
Venturoni points out that the mandolin is much more prominent on this original
mix.

Changing Of The Guards at 6:36 is 30 seconds shorter than the 1999 7:06 version, but this
original version can still be found on CD on 1994's Greatest Hits Vol. 3,
and even on the 2007 3CD set Dylan, so it's not a rarity. In a bizarre
twist, the version of Street-Legal in the 2012 47CD boxed set The
Complete Album Collection Vol. One is a remastered version of this original
1978 album, so Changing Of The Guards reverts to a shorter length of 6:41,
instead of the extended version at 7:06 from the 1999 remixed release. It does
however, have a final drum beat that was missing from the 6:36 1978 version!

8-track
was a continuous tape cartridge format, with four stereo
"programs" per tape. The track order was rearranged to make all
four programs of roughly equivalent length. New Pony is split between
programs 3 and 4 - as this is a rarity, details are listed here.

R-1237 New Pony - split over two
programs on US Columbia 8-track release of Street-Legal,
1978, also on CBS Spain 8-track release

Columbia TC8 35453 (USA) - slipcase back scan by Stuart Moore

CBS 42-86067 (Spain)
- cartridge front scan by Manuel García Jara

CBS 42-86067 (Spain)
- cartridge rear scan by Manuel García Jara

There must
be more 8-track tape cartridge releases worldwide!

Thanks
to Stuart Moore and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.

A remastered version of Street-Legal is included on the 47CD Sony
Music/Columbia/Legacy boxed set The Complete Album Collection Vol. One,
Nov 2013, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for pointing out this is a remastered
version of the original 1978 album, so for example Changing Of The
Guards reverts to a shorter length of 6:41, instead of the extended
version at 7:06 from the 1999 remixed release. It does however, have a final
drum beat that is missing from the 1978 version, which was timed at 6:36.Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
again fades into
True Love Tends To Forget, on the 1999 version they're separated, and the
prominent mandolin from the original
mix has been restored. This means there are now two significantly different
versions of the album on sale! If this 2013 release becomes the standard CD
version on sale, then the original vinyl, tape and CD releases will cease to be
rarities!